Email yourself a quick message
$ mailme(){ mailx -s "$@" $USER <<< "$@"; }
Usage: mailme message
This is a useful function if you want to get notified about process completion or failure. e.g.
mailme "process X completed"
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strace like SystemTap script
$ stap -v strace.stp -c /path/to/command
The stap script is :
#! /usr/bin/env stap
probe syscall.* {
if (pid() == target())
printf(“%s %s\n”, name, argstr);
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View all commands …Number of CPU’s in a system
$ grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo
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Create .pdf from .doc
$ wvPDF test.doc test.pdf
sudo apt-get install wv tetex-extra ghostscriptView this command to comment, vote or add to favourites
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Create .pdf from .doc
$ oowriter -pt pdf your_word_file.doc
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Change wallpaper
$ feh –bg-scale /path/to/wallpaper.jpg
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Diff XML files
$ diffxml() { diff -wb <(xmllint –format "$1") <(xmllint –format "$2"); }
Diffs two xml files by formatting them first using xmllint and then invoking diff.
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Jump up to any directory above the current one
$ upto() { cd "${PWD/\/$@\/*//$@}" }
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Jump to any directory above the current
$ jda() { cd $(pwd | sed "s/\(\/$@\/\).*/\1/g"); }
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Fixing maven POM messed up by a broken release.
$ find . -iname pom.xml -type f -exec bash -c "cat {} | sed s/1\.0\.46\-SNAPSHOT/1\.0\.48\-SNAPSHOT/g > {}.tmp " \; -exec mv {}.tmp {} \;
When a large maven release goes wrong, by deploying just some of the artifacts letting others behind,…
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